Jan’s Irish Arts Centre NYC- commissioned Lockdown monologue “In the Pause Between Now and Next” has been adapted as a dramatic reading and produced in partnership with the Lyric Theatre Belfast. You can book tickets to watch the online premiere here

About the Project:

Grásta: Grace in Uncertainty

In partnership with the Lyric Theatre, Belfast

“In early autumn, when I wrote this piece, I was thinking a lot about the strange liminal space 2020 had become. I was no longer experiencing time as I'd experienced it previously. "Normal" pre-Covid life felt like it'd happened both half a second and an eternity ago. Days merged into each other. Other days dragged on endlessly. Some days felt entirely stuck. Frustrating as this experience has been, it didn't entirely feel like lost time to me. The space also afforded me time to think and recalibrate. In this piece I want to explore the questions and thoughts which began to arise during this odd in-between phase and how these small revelations might shape and impact whatever comes next.” 

Filmed monologue written by Jan Carson and presented in partnership with the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. Directed by Rhiann Jeffrey, performed by Nicky Harley, and filmed and edited by Ross McClean.

Premiering April 6.

“In the Pause Between Now and Next” 

Written by Jan Carson 
Directed by Rhiann Jeffrey 
Performed by Nicky Harley 
Videography by Ross McClean
Sound design by Ian Vennard

Presented in partnership with the Lyric Theatre.

Commissioned by Irish Arts Center as part of Grásta: Grace in Uncertainty, 2020-2021.